The Home Video

by Lady7 ( runaluna )

Comments: I’m brainstorming this chap. It’s very random! Very, very random! I apologize! >.< Btw, what’s your fave Diru song? I have a lot, but I think it might be Raison D’etre (the whole song is smexxxy especially Kaoru’s solo *nosebleed*) Then again… I love MASK too -__-“ heheh Gauze is smexxx.


Chapter 6


It was one beautiful lazy morning for two lovers to indulge in. Warm, fuzzy and the sun shone thru the curtain, casting its light on the floor. On the bed, Die was staring at the young man laying an arm away from him.

The night before … was one heavy night where things were … repeated in different sequence and … positions. It was hot. But now, laid on the bed, naked bodies under the white blanket, they were just a picture of Shinya’s serenity and his contentment. Die kept on staring, as the beauty next to him gazed into spaces.

Shinya turned around and faced him, “What?” he mouthed.

The red head smiled, “You know how women like to cuddle after sex … and talk?” he asked.

The drummer thought for a while before giving Die a funny look, “No” he answered simply. Die rolled is eyes and smiled, “Okay, that’s a stupid question, duh!” he mentally smacked himself. Shinya chuckled and waited. The older man smiled back and continued, “Yeah, so women like to cuddle and talk after sex”

Shinya raised an eyebrow. The red head thought for a while, “Okay, they used to do that. I don’t know anymore now that I quit women” he corrected and earned an approval from Shinya, who nodded, “That’s more like it” he stated firmly. Die laughed and continued, “It feels weird that now I love doing the same thing. I mean, men are supposed to hate it”

“I don’t like it” Shinya simply said.

“… …” Die fell silent. His expression was just blank, and this amused Shinya to no end. Then the younger man shifted so he’s facing his lover. Die watched as Shinya stretched out an arm, “Come here” he whispered.

The older man narrowed his eyes, “Are you teasing me?” he inquired. Shinya smiled more and patted his shoulder, “Come rest your head here, I know you want it” he whispered more. Die retorted again, “Are you teasing me?!” but despite the tone of his voice, he inched closer to the younger man and cuddled up cutely, wrapping his arms possessively around the smaller frame that was Shinya.

The drummer couldn’t resist smiling even wider as Die buried his face on his smooth chest.

“I like to cuddle after sex” Die whispered after a while

“I know. It’s okay. Men do that sometimes” Shinya said assuringly. But his lover pulled back and stared into his eyes, “How do you know that?! Have you been with other men?!”

Shinya rolled his eyes and reasoned, “Well, I’m sure you’re not the only one in this world! I like to do it too … sometimes”

Die mouthed an ‘oh’ and resumed back to his previous position, hugging Shinya tightly. They stayed like that, for a long time. Just holding each other tightly, well, Die holding him tightly while he played with Die’s hair, or traced fingers lightly on the older man’s shoulders.

Suddenly, the phone rang

“Tsk. Die kun, I thought you switched off the phone!” Shinya complained. The red head blinked confusedly, “But I did!” he muttered and looked around the room, “Are you sure it’s mine? Cuz we use the same ring tone no?”

“Well, if someone wants to find me, they don’t call my cell phone. They call my house phone” Shinya grumbled and released his hold as Die reached out for the phone on the bed side table. “It’s not mine, it’s yours!” the red head stated with a pout. “People who know your house phone don’t really exist Shin chan”

Shinya blushed, “Well, you and your stupid couple ring tone” he muttered and looked at the screen

*Gasps* “It’s Toshiya!!!” he exclaimed, and sat up, his naked chest for Die’s eyes. The red head immediately glued his chin on the smooth abs while Shinya took a deep breath and answered the phone.

“Shinchan!!!! Good morning!!!” Toshiya’s somewhat, too cheerful voice could be heard.

The drummer forced a voice equally cheerful, “Good morning Toshiya kun!!”

Die chuckled and started licking. Shinya scrunched up his face and tried to push his lover away but Die was determined.

“Well, I was thinking about how nice you were that morning, when you came over and brought me breakfast, and some African salt to soothe my nerves” Toshiya started, and Shinya swore there was some sort of sarcasm lying around but it’s too early in the morning for him to think, and Die’s mouth caught one of his nipple.

“Right” he managed

“Yeah! So I thought of returning the kindness” Toshiya replied, and there it was the feeling of sarcasm. Maybe it was too early and Die started sucking.

“Ohh that’s fine. It’s just a small gesture” Shinya tried to suppress laughter, he’s one ticklish drummer!

“No, no. What you did, means so much to me, Shinchan! Which is why, I’m in the carpark now, walking into your building. I’ve got us some breakfast and African salt to soothe your nerves. See you in five!!” Toshiya exclaimed and hung up.

Die looked up as he felt Shinya tensed up

“FUCK!”

“What?” the red head sat up.

Shinya opened his mouth and closed it again. Where was his voice when he needed it? Die studied his expression with a smile. He looked like a gold fish. But then Shinya pulled himself together, “Toshiya is coming!!!” he spat out the word.

“WHAT?!”

The drummer got off the bed and pulled a few strands of his hair, so he would really wake up. Die was still sitting on the bed, “But Shinchan, we can’t let him see me here!”

“No Shit!!” Shinya exclaimed and walked out of the room. Miyu greeted him and barked at Die, who followed Shinya to the living room. Their eyes immediately greeted by the mess that was Die’s clothes and belongings scattering on the floor. The hot night, blame the hot night.

“The tapes!!!” Luckily, Die was awake enough to know the most important. He picked up the box full of their tapes and looked at Shinya, “Check the door check the door! Does he have the keys?!” he asked Shinya in panic. The drummer shook his head, “The door’s bolted. Your shoes!!” he picked them up and dumped the red Converse into the shoe cupboard.

Shinya sighed as he looked around the room, “You clothes, Die. Your shades! Toshiya can so tell this is yours! Ack! You kangaroo bag!” the drummer picked up the item and tossed it to Die, “I’m sure it has become a hit since pictures of you carrying it grace our photobooks!”

“This is very compact, I can put a lot of things inside!” Die hugged the bag tight. Shinya’s lips turned up into a mocked smile, “It looks so ghey”

“Hey!” Die protested, but dumped the bag inside the box and wore his shades.

“Your grey socks! I’m sure sales for these go up too!!!” Shinya threw the socks to Die, who put them on instantly.

“Your watch!! Your necklace! Even The famous colorful fan is here!!!” Shinya exclaimed, giving Die disbelief look and started to shake his head, “Seriously! Die, you have so many things here, like you move your whole house in!!” he complained.

The guitarist gathered all his stuff, “I DO live here, you know!” he muttered, trying to fit everything into that tiny box. Then he looked up and started to laugh.

Shinya sighed and looked around the living room, “Anything else? Why are you laughing?” he asked.

“You do realize we’re both naked” Die teased. The drummer gasped and quickly picked up Die’s shirt and put it on. “We must focus Die kun, Focus!!”

“I can’t focus when you’re standing naked in front of me!” Die replied, “My cigarettes!!! In the kitchen!” he shouted out and ran to the kitchen. Shinya shook his head and covered his face, “Please go put on some clothes!!!” he yelled at the older man. Since the drummer hated smokes, Die had to take puffs in the kitchen, where there was a window Shinya allowed him to open. Standing on the balcony would catch unwanted attention.

Die ran back into the living room, still naked. Shinya gave him a pained look, “I’m dying a little inside. Now I’m gonna have this” he gestured at the red head’s nakedness, “In my mind while talking to Toshiya. Great!”

“Focus Shinchan! Focus!” Die said, grinning, earning a glare from his lover. “Now where’s Toshiya’s tape?” he suddenly asked in a serious tone. Shinya pointed at the box, “In there”

“Where do I hide?” Die asked.

There was a long pause. Shinya thought for a while.

“Bathroom. He brought me some African salt spa thing. Probably the same stuff I gave him-” the younger man paused, and started to think. “I think Toshiya suspected I stole his tape”

Die widened his eyes.

“No, wait” Shinya thought more, “I did sense a bit of sarcasm in the way he talked to me on the phone, and the African salt thing” he tried to recall the conversation, “As if Toshiya purposely threw it to my face. Like telling me, indirectly, he came to my house in search of the tape!”

Die shrugged and replied, “Well, whatever the reason is, I still need to disappear”, he picked up the box from the floor, “He expects you to be in the bathroom, so I’ll go there. But he’d want to check your room too. Shouldn’t we tidy up the bed as well?”

“I just woke up!” Shinya reasoned.

Die sighed and gave him a look, “It looked like TWO people slept on it”

So they ran into the bed room. And Shinya started to feel dizzy as more of Die’s stuff could be found there. The red head said nothing. Instead, he picked them all up and put them into the box. Then he disappeared into the bathroom. When he came out, finally, he was dressed.

Shinya stood nervously as Die made the bed. Toshiya would be here any second. Okay, he told himself. It wasn’t a big deal. He had to pull himself together, and just acted normal. Maybe Toshiya hadn’t even found out the tape was missing. Maybe he really just wanted to return favor.

Yeah right.

“Ano … Shinchan” Die muttered. Shinya turned and saw his lover was staring at the bed. He followed the red head’s gaze.

There were stains on the bed sheets.

“%%#$!!!!” O__O!!!! Die! What did you do?!!!” Shinya scolded the older man, giving him death glares. Die gasped and stared at Shinya in disbelief, his hands pulling down the blanket so they could have a good look at the stains, “It’s not mine!!!” he yelled, ‘OMG Shinya! These aren’t mine! You know mine went in there and the time after that it was swal-”

“Okay! Okay!!!” Shinya yelled back, covering his ears. His face could match Die’s hair color.

“Look, don’t panic!” Die stated calmly, and held the younger man’s arms. Shinya shook his head and took another look at the bed. The stains were still there, “No! You don’t understand! While he was in the shower, I went into his bedroom and flipped the mattress to see if he hid the tape underneath the bed”

Die let go off his hold and massage his forehead, he was getting a headache as well.

“Karma’s a bitch! Now let’s just make the bed, fold the blanket and place it on the stains”

Shinya shook his head strongly, “No, change the bed sheet!”

“WHAT?! Like we have time?!”

The door bell rang

“Oh shit” Die cursed in a low voice. Shinya ran into the bathroom.

“Shinchan!! Mou!” the red head moaned, “Help me with this!!” he started to pull on the bed sheet. Shinya’s head popped out from the bathroom. He had a toothbrush in his mouth.

“Why the hell are you brushing your teeth now?!!”

The drummer said nothing.

The door bell rang more.

When Shinya came out from the bathroom, the bed was already made, and Die dumped the stained bed sheet onto the bathroom floor. The drummer furrowed at his lover’s pained expression. So he wrapped his arms around Die and kissed his lips softly. The red head could feel the fresh minty scent and it made him smile.

“Don’t worry!” Shinya spoke with a confidence in his voice, “I’ll take care of Toshiya”

Die nodded and disappeared into the bathroom.

Shinya took calm, long determined strides across the living room. When his hand reached the door lock, he took a long deep breath. Okay. Be calm. Everything was under his control. Then he opened the door.

“Shinchan!”

Toshiya greeted with a Huge grin on his face, “What took you so long?!” he asked aloud and looked at Shinya from head to toe. The younger man shrugged, “I brushed my teeth first … you know the morning breath” he replied with a fake shyness. Toshiya placed a palm on his chest, as if touched, “Aww how sweet of you!” he threw his arms around Shinya.

The drummer joined his eyebrows.

Toshiya’s eyes scanned the apartment, and already he felt something wasn’t right. Shinya’s house was always tidy, and neat. And a little cold. But this morning, something was different. Sure, things were in their places, but it felt a little chaotic. And it surely wasn’t giving Toshiya the stillness that was Shinya’s trademark. Speaking of trademark, where’s the dog?! It would normally yip and jumped on him.

(meanwhile in the bathroom)

Miyu : *woof*
Die : *doubletakes* Whaat! Miyu! Whatcha doing here?!!”

(Outside)

Shinya widened his eyes at the faint sound of his dog barking. Ho crap, he was so panic he forgot about Miyu. Seriously, this relationship with Die had taken so much of his time and energy he wasn’t the perfect master for the dog anymore. Toshiya narrowed his eyes. Was that Miyu?

“Why don’t you come in?” Shinya asked, clearing his throat.

Toshiya smiled a little smile. The drummer couldn’t read what it meant. He quietly closed the door as Toshiya entered the apartment.

“I bought you some breakfast. And here’s the bath salt I mentioned on the phone” Toshiya shoved the bags to Shinya, and directly walked into the kitchen, “I’ll make some tea, why don’t you go take a nice long …. bath”

Shinya almost laughed at that. Toshiya surely had found out the tape was missing, and he made sure Shinya read between the lines. Oh, it’s so funny. But no. How if the bassist wanted to check the bathroom too?

“I’ll go fill up the bathtub, you … erm… make yourself comfortable” Shinya yelled out and hurriedly walked into his bedroom. Die’s head peeked out from the door, and the drummer pushed him back inside. “What are you doing!? You’re supposed to stay In there!!” he hissed at the older man.

“I knew it’s you” De reasoned and watched as Shinya turned on the tap, “We must be careful, Die kun. Toshiya is definitely sneakier than I am. You should see his face when he walked into this house, like it’s all written on his forehead” Shinya spoke as he took out the bath salt from its bag, and snorted.

“Look, the same thing I gave him. He took the time to go purchase another tube just for me”

Die sighed and placed his ear on the door, “I think you should go out, talk to him or something. And bring Miyu along. I don’t think she should be here” he whispered, and Miyu barked. Shinya put a finger on his lip and picked the dog up, “Sure you be quiet?” he asked the red head.

Die glared.

(outside)

Toshiya closed the third shelf on the kitchen cabinet and huffed. Still a long way to go but that’s okay. When he woke up this morning, he thought maybe it was just wrong to suspect Shinya as the Sex Tape thief. When he drove all the way here, he still doubted the voices inside his head. But as soon as he stepped into this apartment, he knew something was wrong.

The bassist mouthed an 'oh' as he remembered the one place he liked to hide things in. The gap between the wall and the fridge. He checked, with his cheek pressed on the wall. Nope. There’s nothing there. But Toshiya joined his eyebrows as he could see … what the hell was that? Duct tape? How did duct tapes end up there?

Ahh, did Shinya also have a habit of hiding things behind the fridge? Hmm… Shinya claimed to be a very straightforward, secret-less person, but he hid things there too? Of all places? Toshiya found it amusing, soon his initial motive of coming to Shinya’s house faded away as he spotted something even weirder on the window sill.

Toshiya swept the dust with his index finger. No, it wasn’t just dust. It was … he sniffed a little… ash? Cigarette ash…?

The bassist’s knees almost gave away! He stood there gripping the kitchen table tightly. OMG! Toshiya gasped. Had Shinya … been smoking behind their back?? OMG!!! Did he hide the cigarettes behind the fridge?! OMG!!!! Shinya’s a smoker?!!! Since when!!!

The search of the Home Video was all forgotten, as Toshiya hurriedly headed to the living room, in search of more proves that the self proclaimed smoke hater Shinya was in fact, a smoker. He tossed the cushions aside and started digging underneath the sofa. When he was younger, he used to hide cigarette packs there.

Toshiya’s eyes widened as his hand caught something. He pulled it out, and saw … Salem!

“Salem … Light” he read.

He had actually found out the answer to the ash on the window sill, but if Toshiya could think further he should know who else craved Salem in the band. But Toshiya’s brain was too clouded with his own conclusion. Shinya smoked Salem?!

The blond head dumped himself on the couch to calm himself down. It was huge for him. Shinya smoked. It was HUGE. The furniture moved a few inches at the sudden thud and Toshiya’s foot stepped on something. He joined his eyebrows and wondered. Shinya was a neat person. There’s something underneath the couch?!

He picked the thing up and jaw dropped.

At that exact second, Shinya appeared.

Toshiya looked up and started to smile mischievously. The drummer froze.

“Hey Shinchan! Look what I found underneath your sofa!” the older man called out, “It’s a DC/DC tee shirt!!!” he exclaimed and waved the shirt around.

Shinya cursed under his breath.

(In the bathroom)

Die : *rummaging thru his stuff* “Where’s my DC/DC tee?!!”

(Outside)

Toshiya placed the tee on his chest, as if trying to see whether the size fit. Shinya closed his eyes and tried to remain calm. Oh, it was bad. The last thing he needed was Toshiya finding out Die had been doing him for the past three years. He took a good look at Toshiya and thought the bassist didn’t seem like he came here to search for the sex tape.

“Gee, who else has this tee huh??” Toshiya taunted, “I really wonder!”

Shinya laughed nonchalantly, “Oh. We all know Die has one. But” he paused and Toshiya looked up, “What you don’t know, is that he bought one for me”. Hearing that, the bassist raised an eyebrow, “Oh really? Since when you started wearing size L?”

The drummer closed his eyes.

“I knew when he bought this tee. You were still size S then” Toshiya said, obviously waiting for a reply from the younger man. Shinya bit his lip and smiled, “He bought me an L, so I could work out harder … to be able to … fill it. You know, to motivate me…” he trailed off and rolled his eyes. What the fuck did he just say?! It didn’t make sense at all!

Apparently, Toshiya took it as a reasonable answer, cuz his mind thought of other things. He held up the tee for Shinya to see. “Look at the DC/DC print. It’s weird!”

Shinya shrugged, glad at the change of subject, “Well, AC/DC is a 70's band?” he asked.

Toshiya nodded, “Yeah, but you know what they say about AC/DC. Supposedly, when someone says he’s AC/DC, it means he’s a bisexual” he explained. Shinya nodded. “But DC/DC? Doesn’t that mean …” Toshiya continued, “That Die only goes one way?”

The drummer gave him a blank look, so Toshiya felt like he should explain further, “AC/DC is like girl/boy. So DC/DC is … boy/boy. It means Die is gay! He fucks guys!”

Shinya’s heart skipped a bit.

That was so true.

“And it kinda also means …” Toshiya added, “Like he fucks … and be fucked?”

Shinya put a hand on his hip as he had trouble breathing. He tried not to look at Toshiya, turning away to exhale slowly. This wasn’t good for his health. And he could feel hotness on his cheeks. This was wrong. Toshiya couldn’t see him blush. But lucky for him, Toshiya went on, “And Die’s always wearing weird tees. Like this one shirt he has, with the doggy style print”

Oh, Shinya remembered that one. He was always happy when Die wore it.

“Ohh!! Look what else I found!!!” Toshiya exclaimed as he picked up something on the floor. It was a leather wristlet. Die’s leather wristlet.

“I’m going to take a bath now” Shinya decided to go back into his bedroom, to avoid further questions from Toshiya. He reckoned if the tape was safe then there’s really nothing to be worried about. He could always say Die came over and left a few things here.

Toshiya stared at Shinya’s retreating back and smiled. Oh he saw that look. He also saw that blush. But he mentally smacked himself as there was a more important thing to focus on. The stolen tape. After making sure he was alone, Toshiya started searching.

(Inside the bathroom)

Shinya sat on the edge of the bath tub and looked at Die. The red head was pressing his ear on the door.

“Die kun, he’s still in the living room” he spoke tiredly. But the red head shook his head and whispered, “He can be in the bed room any minute! And why’s Miyu here?” he pointed at the dog. Miyu barked and Shinya clasped his fingers around her mouth.

“Shhh, Miyu chan, let’s not get Toshiya kun suspicious okay?” he spoke to the dog softly. Die rolled his eyes and whispered more, “The fact that she didn’t greet him the minute he stepped into this house already had Toshiya suspected something’s wrong. Whenever I come home and she’s not jumping on me, I knew something’s wrong”

Shinya glared at his lover, “So what do I do now?” he asked.

Die looked at him weirdly, “Well, obviously, take a bath!” he stated matter of factly. Shinya gave him a look, “What?” he mouthed. The red head sighed and walked to the sink. His hand picked up the African Salt container and replied, “He bought you this. When you go out there later and you don’t smell like this, he’s gonna be suspicious!”

Shinya opened his mouth to say something, but then he paused and looked at Die, “… that’s true” he finally said. The red head smirk and waited.

“Oh geez!” Shinya rolled his eyes and started to undress.

Ten minutes later, Shinya hummed softly as he climbed into the bath tub. His body relaxed as the hot water massaged his body. He opened an eye and saw Die pouted. Shinya chuckled and teased, “Don’t be jealous. You told me to take a bath”

“I didn’t tell you to enjoy yourself!” Die grumbled.

Suddenly, Miyu’s ears flickered. The red head quickly pressed his ear on the door again. Shinya waited.

“He’s in the bedroom!” Die whispered.

The drummer nodded

“He’s opening the closet!” Die’s whisper started to get loud, surely getting excited. Shinya smiled and made a few noises, hands playing with the water. The red head kept on listening in, until after another ten minutes, the drummer was told that Toshiya had left the bedroom.

(Outside)

Toshiya sat on the couch with a worried look on his face.

The tape was no where to be found.

Maybe Shinya hid it too well. But maybe’s a maybe. So Maybe Shinya didn’t steal it at all. Maybe it was someone else.

But Shinya was the only person who went to his house!

Toshiya bit his lip and thought hard, who else went to his house? The person before Shinya. And suddenly, his eyes widened in realization. Yes. Someone else went to his house, before Shinya did. And this person … acted weird enough to be a suspect.

The Salem, the DC/DC tee, the wristlet … Die went to his house a week before Shinya did. Surely he could steal the tape too. They were talking about the porn magazines Die brought for his cousin. Toshiya DID go out for a while to buy drinks. The red head was left alone.

Toshiya stood up, with a sudden determination in his eyes. It had to be Die. The whole time he was in Shinya’s house, he found Die’s stuff everywhere, so this must be a sign that Die was indeed the Sex Tape thief! Oh, if only Toshiya could refrain himself from deciding too quickly.

“Toshiya kun”

Shinya called out as he approached the older man.

Suddenly, Shinya seemed so innocent in his eyes. Like the old, normal Shinya. So sweet, and so honest. He almost felt so guilty for suspecting the younger man.

Toshiya gave Shinya a hearty smile, “Oh did you enjoy the bath?” he asked. The drummer looked at him weirdly but replied anyway, “Yes! Thank you!” he bowed slightly. Aww see Shinya’s sweet. He even bowed. Toshiya bowed back and laughed, “I should get going!” he walked toward the door.

“So soon? How about the breakfast?” Shinya asked and then regretted it. The sooner Toshiya left the better!

The older man smiled, “I’ll pass. I just remembered something …” he answered. Shinya sighed as Toshiya started to put on his shoes. He was really glad Toshiya decided to leave sooner. But then the bassist paused and looked up, “Well, at least … can I have a cup of tea?”

Shinya stood there for a moment, before replying, “Sure!”

The bassist smiled. He watched as Shinya walked to the kitchen, and then looked down at his shoes.

His eyes caught something

The shoe cupboard was slightly open.

Toshiya tilted his head to a side, and joined his eyebrows. Out of curiosity, or maybe just his reflexes, his hand stretched out and opened the cupboard.

A pair of red Converse!

The bassist’s jaw dropped.

Oh. My. God!

He felt gobsmacked!

The last time they met, which was in the studio, Die was still wearing them! And he only had a pair!! And Shinya wouldn’t be caught dead wearing these!!!

Toshiya’s brain started to roll. He searched everywhere … the kitchen, the balcony, the living room, … the bedroom!! Everywhere! … except …

“The bathroom!” Toshiya hissed. “I didn’t check the bathroom!” Then it finally dawned to him. It wasn’t Shinya who smoked. The cigarettes didn’t belong to Shinya, and the tee shirt, the wristlet, … he looked at the cupboard, the shoes… Maybe Shinya didn’t steal his tape but he had a secret.

A secret involving a certain red head

Could it be … the secret Shinya said he would reveal once he turned thirty? The bassist bit his lip as he took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

(Inside the bathroom)

*Buzz*

“Whoa!” Die jumped and blinked his eyes. Oh, his cell phone was ringing. Phew, thank God he switched it to silent mode. Toshiya could still be in the apartment. But it wasn’t a problem, really. He and Shinya shared the same ring tone. Coolly, he pressed the talk button without looking at the screen.

“Moshi moshi”

“Die?”

The red head dropped his phone

(outside)

Toshiya’s eyes flickered as he heard a faint clunking noise, coming from … the bedroom?

(Inside the bathroom)

Die panickly picked up the phone and brought it back to his ear, biting his lip as he tried to remain calm. Ho shit.

“Toshiya?” he replied, “Hey, what’s up?”, he tried to speak softly.

(outside)

“This is such a beautiful morning no?” Toshiya asked aloud, but his ears listening carefully to his surroundings. “Where are you?”

(In the bathroom)

Die gaped at the question. Fuck. What should he say? Oh God, where’s Shinya when he’s needed?!!!

Toshiya : “Where are you Die kun?”
Die : *scratches head* Ano …. why do you ask?”
Toshiya : “I just wanna know! I’m at Shinya’s”
Die : “Oh really?!!”

The younger man smiled evilly and continued, “Yeah, I have this strange feeling that you’re actually here with us!”

Die almost dropped the phone again, “Ahahaha …. funny! What would I be doing in Shinya’s house so early in the morning?!” he laughed humorlessly.

“Are you sure?” Toshiya prodded, “Cuz I think Shinya’s been hiding something from me … I wonder if you knew anything about it?” he asked teasingly.

“I’m sure! I’m not at Shinya’s! I’m … I’m at home!” Die blurted out, … and immediately thought if it was a wrong move. Then he changed the subject, “I don’t know if Shinya has a secret. Really. I have no idea what you talking about!” he stated calmly.

Toshiya smiled in satisfaction, “Okay then, I’ll see you tomorrow!” he said goodbye and hung up. Die joined his eyebrows but sighed in relief anyway. It didn’t seem like the bassist suspected something, but nevertheless, the thought of being busted in Shinya’s bathroom … oh he couldn’t imagine!

The blond guy looked at the shoes closely, making sure they were really Die’s. But then Shinya’s footsteps could be heard and Toshiya quickly closed the cupboard and smiled as if nothing happened. He took the cup of tea and finished it in a few gulps.

“So where are you going after this?” Shinya asked.

Toshiya studied his fingers for a while, then he smiled a little smile. Again, Shinya couldn’t read what it meant.

“I’m going to Die’s house”

Shinya almost dropped the cup.

“Huh?” he managed.

“Yeah, I have this thing I need to talk to Die about” he held up his cell phone, “I just called him, and he’s at home. I’ll see you tomorrow!!” Toshiya exclaimed cheerfully and waved goodbye. The door was slammed behind him, and Shinya just stood there in shock.
 

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